Conradin Kreutzer

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Conradin Kreutzer, lithograph by Auguste Hüssener

Conradin Kreutzer (born November 22, 1780 in the Thalmühle near Meßkirch in the Principality of Fürstenberg , † December 14, 1849 in Riga ) was a German musician, conductor and composer . Like Louis Spohr or Albert Lortzing, he was a typical representative of early Romanticism and musical Biedermeier . His works that are known to this day include the opera Das Nachtlager in Granada and the incidental music to Ferdinand Raimund's spendthrift (especially the Hobellied ).

Life

Talmühle near Meßkirch (built on the site of Kreutzer's birthplace)

Conradin Kreutzer came to the Latin school of the Benedictine Abbey of Zwiefalten in 1789 (where he was likely to have received lessons from the composer Ernest Weinrauch ) and then moved to the Premonstratensian Abbey of Schussenried in 1796 because of the turmoil of the war , where he still saw the important organist Wilhelm Hanser . From 1799 he studied at the University of Freiburg his father's wish Jura .

After his father died in 1800, he began his musical career. He had already during his school days in addition to piano and organ and clarinet , oboe and violin learned to play and was also supported by lessons in singing and music theory promoted. During his time in Freiburg, he composed a small one-act opera entitled The ridiculous advertisement , which he then performed there in 1801 together with fellow students.

Not much is known about Kreutzer's whereabouts between 1801 and 1804, he is said to have stayed in the wider area of ​​his hometown Messkirch, in Switzerland and in Constance during this time .

Stuttgart Court Theater in the Lusthaus
Franz Leppich's Panmelodicon
The Princely Fürstenberg Court Theater in Donaueschingen
The Vienna Kärntnertortheater, Kreutzer's long-standing conductor, with eight world premieres between 1810 and 1838.

In the summer of 1804 he moved to Vienna , where he became a composition student of the cathedral music director of St. Stephan , Johann Georg Albrechtsberger , one of Beethoven's teachers . By attending a performance of Salieri's opera Palmira, regina di Persia , he felt called to be a theater composer. He initially earned his living in Vienna as a music teacher. During this time he wrote a number of Singspiele and operas, including the first version by Conradin von Schwaben . For the performance were the two words (in Stuttgart in 1808) and Jery and Bätely (Vienna 1810). From 1810 to 1812, he traveled among other things as piano and Panmelodicon -Virtuose through Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, some accompanied by Franz Leppich , the inventor of this semi-mechanical instrument. After the first setting of Conradin was premiered in 1812 shortly after the reopening of the court theater in Stuttgart in 1812 , he succeeded Franz Danzi as the Stuttgart court conductor, which he held until the summer of 1816. After long stays in Switzerland - his first wife Anna Huber, with whom he had the daughter Cäcilie, came from Glattfelden  - he traveled a. a. to Leipzig and Berlin and in 1818 had his opera Orestes performed for the first time in the Prague Estates Theater .

Between 1818 and 1821 he held the position of Kapellmeister with Karl Egon II. Zu Fürstenberg in Donaueschingen , but because of the high level of isolation in the remote province on the Baar, he soon looked for another job.

Theater in der Josephstadt, eight Kreutzer premieres took place here from 1834–1837
During Kreutzer's stay on the estate of his father-in-law JA von Ostheim in Weißöhlhütten near Olomouc , a. a. The night camp in Granada

After his opera Libussa was premiered with great success at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna in December 1822 , he was given the position of Kapellmeister with the impresario Domenico Barbaja , which he held until 1827. After his second stay in Paris (1827) he became Kapellmeister at the Vienna Court Opera from 1829 to 1830 and again from 1836 to 1840, but moved to the Theater in der Josefstadt for the years 1833 to 1836 . His most important music-dramatic productions such as Melusina ( Berlin 1833, world premiere in the Königsstädtisches Theater , Vienna premiere in 1835), The Night Camp in Granada (1834) and the music for Ferdinand Raimund's "Original Magic Tale" The Spodder fall during this period . Kreutzer then returned to the Kärntnertortheater, now leased by Balochino and Merelli , where he not only brought out his own works, but also rehearsed the entire international repertoire and, as a conductor, often led performances with Italian soloists.

The Cologne Theater an der Schmierstrasse (around 1869), Kreutzer's place of work from 1840 to 1842
Preserved facade of the Riga theater in Kreutzer's time

Kreutzer left Vienna in 1840 and accompanied his older daughter, the soprano Cäcilie, on her guest tours to Braunschweig and several other theaters. His last permanent position was from 1840 to 1842 as the city's music director in Cologne . Around 1842 the Leipzig University Choir of St. Pauli awarded him honorary membership. In 1842 he left Cologne and this time accompanied his younger daughter Marie (from her marriage to Anna, nee Speil von Ostheim , 1802-1886), who was also a singer, on their guest tours. He conducted in Mainz , Wiesbaden , Paris , Hamburg , Graz , Prague and Belgium , among others , and was expecting new jobs in Stuttgart and Vienna .

During this time he stayed in various cities, including Frankfurt (Oder) , Graz , Detmold and Riga . After Kreutzer learned of his daughter's dismissal due to a failed performance during his stay in Riga, where he hardly conducted any more and mainly worked as a music teacher, he suffered a stroke and died a few days later. His grave is in the Maskavas forštate ( German  Moscow suburb ) at the St. Francis Church .

Conradin Kreutzer's resting place in the cemetery in Riga ( The Gazebo , 1868)
Kreuzer's grave on the 165th anniversary of his death, December 14, 2014

Act

Kreutzer's work extended to different genres of music: he created around 50 works for the stage, works for chamber music , church music and songs . His choral compositions, especially for male choirs , in which he often set poems by Ludwig Uhland to music, were extremely widespread among the general population . In addition to his interest in Leppich's Panmelodicon, the one for Carl and Martin Blessing's Orchestrion should also be emphasized, for which he created numerous arrangements.

During his time in Vienna he wrote the operas Libussa , Cordelia (initially under the title Adele von Budoy for Anna Pauline Milder-Hauptmann , then reworked for Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient ), Melusina (1833 based on a text that Franz Grillparzer originally wrote for Beethoven had), The Night Camp in Granada (1834) as well as the incidental music for Raimund's Der Verschwender (1833), in which the famous and popular plane song occurs. His other operas are largely forgotten.

Kreutzer's students included u. a. Josef Wurda .

Reception history

Its importance in the early 19th century is described in Gustav Schilling's Encyclopedia of All Musical Science of 1837:

“As a composer he is one of the most popular of his contemporaries. He knows how to combine the melodies of the Italian style with French elegance and German power. Singing is always the all-embracing magic belt, which unfolds both in its charming cantilenas and in polyphonic combinations. "

In the Musical Conversations Lexicon of 1876 he is still referred to as "the celebrated darling of the nation", whose strength is "the appealing, amiable and above all very singable melody".

Already in Meyer's Konversationslexikon from 1888 it is pointed out that even then only a few of his 30 operas were known:

“Of his numerous works for the stage, which are not lacking in grace and intimacy, but in depth and dramatic effectiveness, only the Night Camp in Granada (written in 1834 for the Josephstädter Theater in Vienna) and the music of Raimunds spendthrift are still attractive to the present day preserved; his lyrical works, on the other hand, namely the choirs for male singing, are still widespread today in large numbers and are favorite pieces of the circles concerned. "

In today's music business, Conradin Kreutzer is primarily known as the author of individual melodies from some of his operas. The evening choir from the night camp in Granada or some of its male choirs and songs are particularly well known. Chamber music works from his pen are also performed here and there.

Since 1998 the state of Baden-Württemberg has awarded the Conradin-Kreutzer-Tafel, named after him, for services to the care of amateur music.

Honors

Works

Estates Theater, Prague
Théâtre de l'Odéon, Paris
Königsstädtisches Theater, Berlin
Theater in the Redoute, Brno
Aktientheater Zurich
Opera house on Hagenmarkt in Braunschweig
City Theater Mainz
Bourlaschouwburg , Antwerp
Theater Frankfurt on the Oder
Darmstadt Court Theater
Estates Theater, Graz
City Theater Hamburg, built in 1827
Detmold Court Theater

Sacred works, masses and other church music

  • Moses Sendung , oratorio in two parts (Text: Johann Adam Osiander ; 1814 )
  • Missa de Sancta Francisca in E flat major , KWV 3105
  • Missa di Sancti Conradi in D major , for four-part mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra and organ
  • Mass in B flat major - Messkircher Messe , KWV 3111
  • Missa Solennis in a minor , for mixed choir, orchestra and organ, KWV 3101
  • Pastoral mass in A major , for soloists, mixed choir, 2 clarinets, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, strings, timpani and organ, KWV 3104
  • Te Deum in D major , KWV 3301 and about a dozen other masses

Operas and Singspiele (with premiere dates and locations)

  • The ridiculous advertisement , Singspiel in one act (created around 1800 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; a reworking as Die Militz or Die ridiculous advertisement originated in 1802 there; see also The funny advertisement , 1826)
  • The two words or the night in the forest , even the two words or the terrible night or the night in the forest , operetta in one act (Text: Charles Alexander Herklots by Benoît-Joseph Marsollier , created in 1808 in Stuttgart, UA 11 November 1808 in Stuttgart)
  • Aesop in Phrygia or Aesop in Lydia , opera in one act (text: Matthäus Stegmayer after Edmé Boursault ; created 1808 in Vienna [?]; Not listed, lost; see also Esop in Lydien , 1821)
  • The Hermit on Formentera , Singspiel in two acts (?; Text: August von Kotzebue ; premiere around 1802–1804; lost)
  • Panthea (created around 1807; not listed; lost)
  • The Apollo Hall , joke game in one act (text: Tobias Frech von Ehrimfeld ; premier presumably 1808 in a private theater in Vienna)
  • Jery ​​and Bätely , Singspiel in one act (Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; Premiere May 19, 1810 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna)
  • Feodore , operetta in one act (Text: August von Kotzebue; premiere March 8, 1812 in Stuttgart)
  • Conradin von Schwaben , great tragic opera in 3 acts (text: Carl Borromäus Weitzmann ; written before 1810; premiered March 30, 1812 in Stuttgart)
  • Psyche , opera (probably composed in Stuttgart; not performed, lost; KWV deest)
  • Die Insulanerinnen , opera in two acts (text: Johann Friedrich Schlotterbeck based on L'isola disabitata by Pietro Metastasio ; premiered March 25, 1813 in Stuttgart; new version February 11, 1829 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna)
  • Alimon and Zaide or The Prince of Catanea , opera in three acts (premiered on February 24, 1814 in Stuttgart)
  • The night cap of the prophet Elias (censor title: Die Schlafmütze or Die Zaubermütz ), operetta in one act (text: August von Kotzebue; premiered January 3, 1814 in Stuttgart)
  • Die Alpenhütte , opera in one act (Text: August von Kotzebue; Premiere September 11, 1814 in the Ludwigsburg Palace Theater )
  • The Lord and His Servant , opera in one act (premiered November 30, 1815 in Stuttgart; lost)
  • Esop in Lydien , opera in three acts (text: Matthäus Stegmayer based on Edmé Boursault ; new version by Aesop in Phrygia , written in 1816 and premiered on January 28, 1821 in Donaueschingen for the court society of Prince von Fürstenberg; public premiere on December 13, 1822 in Stuttgart )
  • Orestes , heroic opera in three acts (text: Georg Reinbeck based on Vittorio Alfieris Electra ; created 1816; premiered May 6, 1818 Estates Theater in Prague)
  • Adele von Budoy , lyric-tragic opera in one act (text: Pius Alexander Wolff ; written in 1819; premiered August 13, 1821 in Königsberg ; see also Cordelia , 1823)
  • Libussa , romantic opera in three acts (text: Joseph Carl Bernard ; premiere 4 December 1822 in the Kärntnertortheater Vienna; premiere of the version with recitatives: 1 December 1823, Berlin)
  • Cordelia , lyric-tragic opera in one act (Text: Pius Alexander Wolff; premiered February 15, 1823 in the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna; arrangement by Adele von Budoy , 1821)
  • Sigune , Nordic fairy tale with music [melodrama] in three acts (Text: Andreas Schumacher ; premier November 20, 1823 in the Theater an der Wien )
  • Der Taucher , romantic opera in two acts, new arrangement of an older version from 1813 with recitatives (text: Franz Carl Weidmann [?] After Samuel Gottlieb Bürde ; premier January 24th 1824 in the Kärntnertortheater Vienna; new version arranged by Georg Ernst von Hofmann , premier December 18, 1834 in the Theater in der Josefstadt , Vienna)
  • Hope fulfilled , rural scene [Singspiel] in one act (anonymous reworking from Die Wunderperle ; premiere on December 2, 1824 in the Theater an der Wien)
  • The funny advertisement , Singspiel in two acts (text: CB after the French; premier June 27th 1826 in the Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna; revision of Die Militz or The ridiculous advertisement with six new numbers and new orchestration , lost)
  • La Folle de Glaris (text: Thomas Sauvage , edited and supplemented by Hieronymus Payer ; premier April 21, 1827 in the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris; German version as Die Irrende in den Alpen , premier 1829 in Aachen; see also Adele von Budoy , 1821, and Cordelia , 1823)
  • L'Eau de jouvence , Opéra-comique in one act (text: Félix-Auguste Duvert and Joseph-Xavier Boniface [= Saintine]; premiered October 13, 1827 in the Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris; lost; German adaptation: see Die Rejuvenation Essence , 1838)
  • Denise. The girl from Montfermeuil , song play in five acts (text: Andreas Schumacher based on the Vaudeville La Laitière de Montfermeuil by Paul de Kock ; premiered October 3, 1829 in the Kärntnertortheater Vienna; revised in three acts in December 1829; performed?)
  • Baron Luft , operetta in one act (based on the French; premiered January 20, 1830 in the Kärntnertortheater Vienna)
  • The virgin , romantic opera in three acts (text: Andreas Schumacher based on Pierre-François Merville's La Femme sanglante ; premier November 9, 1831 in Prague; final version of Luna named in MGG , which cannot be verified , written in 1826, KWV deest)
  • The porter on the Thames , opera in three acts (text: Hermann Herzenskron freely based on the English and based on August von Kotzebue; premiered February 16, 1832 in Prague)
  • Melusina , romantic opera in three acts (Text: Franz Grillparzer ; Premiere February 27, 1833 in the Königsstädtisches Theater in Berlin)
  • The Ring of Luck or Die Quellenfürstin im Alpentale , romantic magic game with song and dance (text: Franz Carl Weidmann based on an Austrian folk tale; premiered December 19, 1833 in the Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna; lost)
  • The night camp in Granada , romantic opera in two acts (text: Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal based on Johann Friedrich Kind ; premiere January 13, 1834 in the Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna; premiere of a version with recitatives on March 9, 1837 in the Kärntnertortheater Vienna)
  • Der Verschwender , incidental music for the romantic magical fairy tale in three acts by Ferdinand Raimund (premiered February 20, 1834 in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna)
  • Tom Rick or The Baboon , comic singspiel in three acts with dance groups (text: Joseph Kupelwieser based on the French; premier July 1, 1834 in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna; lost)
  • Fortunat , romantic magical fairy tale in five acts (text: Eduard von Bauernfeld ; premiered March 24, 1835 in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna - lost
  • The bridegroom in a tight spot - Singspiel in one act - Text: Hermann Herzenskron - Premiere June 24, 1835 in the Theater in der Josefstadt Vienna; lost)
  • Dream life or satisfaction, the source of happiness , romantic-comic magic game with song, dance and tableaux in three acts (Text: Franz Xaver Told ; premiered October 10, 1835 in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna; lost)
  • Die Höhle bei Waverley , romantic opera in three acts (Text: Georg Ott based on Adam Öhlenschläger's Die Ludlams Höhle ; premiere on April 6, 1837 in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna; premiere of a new version of the second and third act and new recitatives on April 5, 1837. December 1838 ibid)
  • Der Gang zum Eisenhammer , great romantic opera in three acts (Text: Johann Anton Friedrich Reil after Friedrich Schiller ; premiered December 16, 1837 in the Kärntnertortheater Vienna; see also Fridolin or Der Gang zum Eisenhammer , 1845)
  • The Rejuvenation Essence , comic operetta in one act (Text: Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal based on Félix-Auguste Duvert and Joseph-Xavier Boniface [= Saintine]; premier September 24, 1838 at the Kärntnertortheater Vienna; new version of L'Eau de jouvance , 1827)
  • The two Figaro , comic opera in two acts (text: Georg Friedrich Treitschke based on Johann Friedrich Jünger ; premiered August 12, 1840 in the opera house on Hagenmarkt , Braunschweig)
  • Der Edelknecht , romantic opera in three acts (text: Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer after Philipp Wilhelm Blumenhagen ; premier June 21, 1842 in Wiesbaden; premier in a new text version by Wilhelm Ehlers on December 11, 1843 in Mainz; premier of the version with recitatives in four Files on October 13, 1846 in Graz)
  • Fridolin or Der Gang zum Eisenhammer , opera in three acts (text of the new version: Ernst Pasqué after Friedrich Schiller and Johann Anton Friedrich Reil; premiered April 20, 1845 in Darmstadt; burned in 1944)
  • Klein-Roland , operetta in one act (text: Ernst Pasqué after Ludwig Uhland ; drafts from early 1846, lost)
  • The singer's curse , large dramatic scene with song, dance and tableaux in one act (text: Ernst Pasqué after Ludwig Uhland and a painting by Folz; premiered on May 27, 1846 in Darmstadt)
  • The Highlander in the Caucasus , romantic opera in three acts (text: Berndt von Guseck = Karl Gustav von Berneck ; premiered November 16, 1846 in Hamburg; a new version in four acts as The Highlander , written in 1849, has been lost)
  • Aurelia, Duchess of Bulgaria , romantic opera in three acts (text: Carl Gollmick based on Johanna Franul von Weißenthurn's Der Wald bei Hermannstadt ; created 1847; premiered August 20, 1851 in Kassel)
  • König Conradin , opera in four acts (text: Berndt von Guseck = Karl Gustav von Berneck; created 1847–48, not performed)
  • The reunion , genre picture with song and dance in one act (Text: Franz Wallner ; UA 1856 Königsstädtisches Theater , Berlin)
Hans Baur's monument in honor of Kreutzer in front of the castle in Messkirch, his native town
Memorial plaque for Conradin Kreutzer at the Starhemberg Palace in Dorotheergasse 9

Works for orchestra (and piano)

  • Concert No. 1 in B flat major , for piano and orchestra, op.42 ( 1818 )
  • Concert No. 2 in C major , for piano and orchestra, op.50 ( 1822 )
  • Variations , for piano and orchestra, op.35
  • Variations , for clarinet and orchestra, op.36
  • Variations in B flat major , for bassoon and orchestra, KWV 4202
  • Variations in G major for the chromatic trumpet , for trumpet and orchestra
  • Concert No. 3 in E flat major , for piano and orchestra, op.65
  • Entre-Actes , for orchestra, op.110
  • Variation of the waltz by Anton Diabelli for Part II of the Patriotic Art Association

Chamber and piano music

  • 6 pièces faciles , for flute (or violin) and piano, op.31 (1818)
  • Two trios , for flute (or violin), cello and piano, op.23 ( 1821 )
    1. in B flat major
    2. in G major
  • Duo in C major , for 2 clarinets
  • Fantasy sur un théme suisse , for clarinet, viola, cello and piano, op.55
  • Fantasie et variations sur un air suisse , for clarinet, viola and piano, op.66
  • Large quartet in E minor , for violin, viola, cello and piano
  • Quartet in E flat major , for clarinet, violin, viola and cello
  • Quintet in A major , for flute, clarinet, viola, cello and piano
  • Romance favorite - Partant pour la Syrie et varie , for clarinet and piano
  • Six waltzes , for blazerssexter (2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons)
  • Septet in E flat major (Grand Septuor) , for violin, viola, cello, clarinet, horn, bassoon and double bass, op.62
  • Septet in F major , for clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
  • Sonata concertante in G major , for bassoon and piano, op.35
  • Trio , for csakan (stick flute), viola and guitar
  • Trio , for clarinet, bassoon and piano
  • Trio , for 2 clarinets and viola
  • Trio , for 2 clarinet and basset horn
  • Trio in E flat major , for clarinet, bassoon and piano, op.43, KWV 5105
  • Eight small piano pieces
  • Sonatina en fantasie , for piano four hands, op.25
  • Pièces faciles , for piano four hands, op.34 ( 1819 )
  • Sonatine ou Fantaisie , for piano four hands, op.61 ( 1825 )
Songs (selection of the most famous)

Discography

Spiritual works

  • Measure KWV 3111 and 3105; Te Deum KWV 3301 - Götz, Sandhoff, Schöpflin, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Šumski

Musical dramatic works

Songs and choirs

  • Songs: Where to; Goodbye; Nostalgia; Dignity of women; The singers curse; The post; Song of a poor man; Schäfer's Sunday song; The mill without water; The singer; Homecoming; My love; The Knight; Girls and Flowers - Christian Elsner , Eugen Wangler
  • Songs: longing; Spring arbor; Parting and shunning; In the distance; Morning song; Night travel; Gardener's song; The valley; In autumn; Gardener's song; Blessed death; The chapel; On a clear morning; Resting valley; The prince; The fisherman; The mill wheel; Goodbye; The melancholy; The beloved land; Vicinity of your lover; To the moon; The post; The dream; There was a king in Thule; Where; Pearl, tear and dewdrop - Peter Schreier , Thomas Hans
  • Chants from Goethe's Faust - Browner, Genz, Schelomianski, Freiburg Vocal Ensemble, Wolfgang Schäfer
  • 24 polyphonic songs for male voices - Die Singphoniker
Chamber music
  • Septet op. 62; Trio op.43 - Mithras Octet, Paul Rivinius (piano). Arte Nova Classics
  • Septet in E flat major op.62 (+ Max Bruch : Septet op.ph.) - Consortium Classicum, Klöcker
  • Septet in E flat major op.62 (+ Friedrich Witt : Septet in F major) - Charis ensemble
  • Septet in E flat major op.62 (+ Franz Berwald : Septet in B flat major) - Berlin Octet
  • Piano quartet; Clarinet quartet in Eb; Quintet for piano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello - Consortium Classicum
  • Chamber music for wind instruments and strings: Sonate concertante for flute and piano op. 35; Trio for clarinet, bassoon and piano; Clarinet Quartet in E flat major; 6 waltzes for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoon - Schlechta, Demmler, Ott, Pfitzenmaier, Sanders, Ziegler, Andres, Böcker a. a.
  • Chamber music with clarinet: Trio for clarinet, piano and bassoon; The mill wheel for soprano, clarinet and piano; Trio for 2 clarinets and viola - Stalder, Schmid, Stiftner, Jappe, Junghans, Speiser
  • Trio for piano, flute and violoncello op. 23,1; Flute Sonata op. 35 (+ Schubert: Auf dem Strom D 943; Arpeggione Sonata) - Konrad Richter, Karlheinz Zöller, Wolfgang Boettcher

literature

Lexicon article

Catalog of works - bibliography - discography

  • Karl-Peter Brecht: Conradin Kreutzer. Biography and catalog raisonné . City of Meßkirch, Meßkirch 1980.
  • Armin Heim: Meßkirch Bibliography / Conradin Kreutzer. In: Meßkircher Heimathefte , No. 11, 2004, pp. 180–189.

Individual examinations

  • Richard Roßmayer: Konradin Kreutzer as a dramatic composer. Diss. Vienna 1928.
  • Anneliese Landau : The unanimous art song of Conradin Kreutzers and his position on contemporary song in Swabia: with a sheet music appendix . Leipzig 1930. Reprint: Sendet, Walluf 1972.
  • Hans Leister: Conradin Kreutzers songs for male choir . Diss., Mainz 1963.
  • Max Ruh : Conradin Kreutzer's relations with Switzerland. In: Hegau. 38, 1981 (1982), ISSN  0438-9034 , pp. 77-112.
  • Armin Heim: Conradin Kreutzer. The adventurous life of an honest man. In: Meßkircher Heimathefte. No. 5, 1999, pp. 4-28.
  • Armin Heim: "O Kreutzer, dear master". The Conradin Kreutzer commemorations in Messkirch. On the origin, development and function of local self-representation (= investigations by the Ludwig Uhland Institute of the University of Tübingen. Volume 95). Association for Folklore, Tübingen 2002 (including Kreutzer discography)
  • Till Gerrit Waidelich: "Spiritual and unleashed fantasy": Conradin Kreutzer's Melusina (1833) based on Grillparzer's opera libretto for Beethoven. In: Raimund, Nestroy, Grillparzer - Witz und Lebensangst. ed. by Ilija Dürhammer and Pia Janke . Edition Praesens, Vienna 2001, pp. 181–204.
  • Till Gerrit Waidelich: Anna Milder-Hauptmann (1785–1838), Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (1804–1860): "[...] when the orchestra [...] is raging and the singer bears up like a fury"; Cordelia (1823), Conradin Kreutzer's opera about “a true incident in 1814” for two prima donna. In: From Salon to Barricade: Women of the Heine Age. (= Heine studies ). ed. by Irina Hundt. Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, pp. 111-128.
  • Till Gerrit Waidelich: Conradin Kreutzer's The Two Figaro (Vienna 1840). Links to older patterns and current tendencies of the Opéra “comique” and “buffa” in the continuation of a tried and tested subject. In: Albert Lortzing and the conversation opera […] ed. by Irmlind Capelle, Munich 2004, pp. 173-214.
  • Till Gerrit Waidelich: "I don't want to do it like Carl Maria used to do". Conradin Kreutzer, Weber , Meyerbeer and Friedrich Kind. In: Weberiana. 21, 2011, pp. 57-99.
  • Andrea Singer: Conradin Kreutzer's comic opera The Two Figaro. A successful continuation of Il barbiere di Siviglia and Le nozze di Figaro? (PDF) Master's thesis, University of Vienna 2013.
  • Harald Strebel : Conradin Kreutzer from “Mößkirch” and his Anna Huber from Glattfelden in the “Canton Zurich”: A search for clues. In: Meßkircher Heimathefte. No. 18, 2013-2014, pp. 5-62.
  • Harald Strebel : The composer Conradin Kreutzer and his Anna Huber from Glattfelden. A search for clues. Published by: Gottfried Keller Center Foundation, Glattfelden, 2019.
  • Friedrich Pilzer: A lonely grave in the north. Conradin Kreutzer's resting place in the cemetery in Riga . In: The Gazebo . Issue 49, 1868, pp. 773-775 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

Commons : Conradin Kreutzer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Jahn : The Vienna Court Opera from 1836 to 1848. The Balochino / Merelli era. (= Publications of rism-austria. B / 1). Verlag Der Apfel, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85450-148-X .
  2. ^ Richard Kötzschke: History of the university singers at St. Pauli in Leipzig 1822–1922. A. Hahns Verlag / Dietrich & Sell, Leipzig, 1922, 579 pp.
  3. ↑ Notes . In: Wiener Allgemeine Musik.Zeitung . 6th year, no. 8 , January 17, 1846, p. 32 ( onb.ac.at ).
  4. ^ Grave of Conradin Kreutzer. knerger.de
  5. ↑ The autobiography of the musicologist Anneliese Landau herself: Daniela Reinhold (Ed.): From Berlin to Los Angeles. The musicologist Anneliese Landau . 1st edition. Hentrich & Hentrich Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95565-226-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Kreutzer, Conradin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kreutzer, Konradin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Messkirch
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1849
Place of death Riga